listening to this band now and it's fine i guess. ugh the vocals tho.
― billstevejim, Monday, 22 October 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
Coverband/Plage
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Monday, 22 October 2018 01:22 (five years ago) link
Maura, you mean Jason Bonham's Bonham, surely? That fits in with the sort of thing I was thinking of when I said GvF remind me most of early 90s AOR (album oriented rock, not whatever British people understand these letters to mean) radio.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 22 October 2018 01:27 (five years ago) link
i would be more impressed if some 21 year olds did a roth-era van halen fake covers band.
― billstevejim, Monday, 22 October 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
It just occurred to me that, in a strange twist, you could make a case that GVF hate is more rockist than GVF love
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 22 October 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
BTW yes of course I listened to Whitesnake, Coverdale/Page, etc., spent a lot of time trying to find another Zeppelin-esque high. The meaning of GvF is slightly different culturally, bands who grew up on Zeppelin vs bands whose parents are too young to have grown up on Zeppelin. I mean Coverdale was born in 1951, only 7 years after Page. Josh Kiszka was born in 1996. He was 10 when Wolfmother's biggest record came out, so he's at least 4th wave.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 22 October 2018 02:10 (five years ago) link
I'm p sure you could make a case that any pov you dislike is rockist and someone probably has. xp
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 22 October 2018 02:16 (five years ago) link
yeah i meant jason. i don’t think that this brand of revivalism is all that surprising given the way classic rock radio has managed to remain on the fm dial even as music formats have been eaten away there. and modern rock radio is a hookless shambles (or worse, it’s elevating crap like portugal. the bland). as a result getting the led out has become an inter generational tradition. (and a lot of my students, age <22, were raised on classic rock still.)also how has nobody compared this revivalism-drenched family band to kings of leon yet
― maura, Monday, 22 October 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
good call on Kings Of Leon, also thanks for the dn
― portugal. the bland (sleeve), Monday, 22 October 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
feel like i should also point out that three weeks ago at a SUPERNATURAL event jensen ackles specifically shouted out gvf as a band the brothers would probably crank. xp
― maura, Monday, 22 October 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
a lot of my students, age <22, were raised on classic rock still
Middle school aged kids still want to learn these songs on guitar.
The chorus of "Wait for You" still gets in my head sometimes btw.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 22 October 2018 03:02 (five years ago) link
I just don't think the big show business dollar even tries to get into the rock band business, too much overhead and not enough profit. It can take years and years for a live act to even build up to playing decent sized rooms even in the age of shared media. Shared media is great to get started, but it seems to have a bit of a ceiling.
Alot of the old heartland/southern rock has pretty much gotten absorbed into country music. Still many of those groups are bands that live by playing live, they are not big radio/TV bands for the most part.
― earlnash, Monday, 22 October 2018 03:24 (five years ago) link
lindsay zoladz is a good writer and that was a fun piece on an embarrasing band
― niels, Monday, 22 October 2018 07:49 (five years ago) link
are there people itt who think greta van fleet are something other than a fucking monstrosity or are y'all just being contrarian for the sake of it?
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, October 20, 2018 2:56 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i honestly thought Greta Van Fleet was some Sharon Van Etten type solo artist just from seeing the name at random around the 'net, shades of teenage me picking up a Catherine Wheel record because i thought the Liz Phair album was cool and wanted more lady music in the collection.
― omar little, Monday, 22 October 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
I'd never heard of Greta Van Fleet before this thread. Don't know what to make of omar little's 'well I thought the band was like Sharon van Etten y bcz they both have 'van' in their name'... Ok buddy...
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 22 October 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
haha omar that is awesome
― portugal. the bland (sleeve), Monday, 22 October 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
xp no he's saying he thought it was a person, not a band
It's Fred Van Vleet's sister, iirc
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 22 October 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
Don't know what to make of omar little's 'well I thought the band was like Sharon van Etten y bcz they both have 'van' in their name'... Ok buddy...
LMAO
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Monday, 22 October 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
Greta Van Fleet will never create anything as great as "Here I Go Again"
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
to be fair to omar, greta van fleet is a horrifically bad band name
― voodoo chili, Monday, 22 October 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
to be even fairer to omar, i thought led zeppelin was a dude's name when i first heard of them (probably when i was in fifth grade).
not only is it an awful bad name, the pun has already been done better by camper van beethoven!
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Monday, 22 October 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
― voodoo chili
you're not the only one
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/gonzagabulletin.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/97/d97336d2-7d2f-53df-9c5f-5b908d240bc8/503245a4187e9.image.png
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Monday, 22 October 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
i don’t think that this brand of revivalism is all that surprising given the way classic rock radio has managed to remain on the fm dial even as music formats have been eaten away there. and modern rock radio is a hookless shambles (or worse, it’s elevating crap like portugal. the bland). as a result getting the led out has become an inter generational tradition. (and a lot of my students, age <22, were raised on classic rock still.)
maura otm
― crüt, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
I think I was just mixing them up with Greta Van Susteren.
― omar little, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link
i thought GVF was named after an old lady from the town they’re from, kinda like a lynyrd skynyrd sorta thing ?
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
So basically we’re blaming ludwig
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 03:03 (five years ago) link
Heh: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/greta-van-fleet-anthem-of-the-peaceful-army/
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 06:54 (five years ago) link
he he he
― niels, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 08:43 (five years ago) link
They've really worked out how to simulate Zep's early-career drubbing from the critics.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 11:36 (five years ago) link
Is that the first hardcore high profile Fork takedown since Jet?
Brothers Jake and Sam Kiszka, on guitar and bass, are both wearing hippie costumes they 3D-printed off the internet.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 12:08 (five years ago) link
OK, this is bullshit hedging:
They make music that sounds exactly like Led Zeppelin and demand very little other than forgetting how good Led Zeppelin often were.
Often were? GTFO. ALWAYS were!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link
Just had a listen to this band, they aren't bad exactly, incredibly derivative for sure, but competently performed genre music there's a market for. I don't think we need to have a problem with heritage genre music (it's like if people want to play trad jazz as a hobby, that's their call of course) but yes, a bit more self-awareness and a bit less arrogance would be very welcome.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
"We had what I would call a vinyl playground growing up," explains singer Josh Kiszka, 21, about the immense record collection the kids got their hands on early and wore out thanks to their bass-playing dad. "We had these little record players and we would slow them down and speed them up and I was listening to people like Wilson Pickett, Joe Cocker, Sam & Dave, but we also listened to all kinds of other stuff, like John Denver."
― niels, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 12:27 (five years ago) link
What's the minimum score pitchfork gives an album when they're not trying to make a point? I feel like I don't often see anything scored below a 5.
That review is a fun read, but I definitely can't point any fingers at people getting excited about new bands that sound like modern copies of bands they grew up with, cuz that's my jam.
So when the Greta Van Fleet of your favorite artist finally lands on your morning playlist, spark up a bowl of nostalgia and enjoy the self-satisfied buzz of recognizing something you already know. It’s the cheapest high in music.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 12:37 (five years ago) link
I refer to that as the Waterworld Property. Waterworld (the time I saw it) is not a good movie, but it's so similar to the The Road Warrior that it can only be so bad.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
This review reads exactly like an early-2000s pitchfork review and demands very little other than forgetting how good early 2000s pitchfork reviews often were.
― Benjamin-, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
hot take: they were not good very often
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
yeah what?
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 13:16 (five years ago) link
Pitchfork in taking down bland whiteboy cosplay rock band shockah
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
this turned out pretty well for me wrt silversun pickups
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
they reviewed ed sheeran last year iirc
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 13:28 (five years ago) link
Thing is, I’d be surprised if many actual Zep fans liked these guys... as opposed to folks with just a vague idea of ’70s hard rock as a concept. Maybe I’m wrong.
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
i have and will always find takedowns really boring but ymmv
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
like, not even specifically this one, just the entire concept, especially when applied to music crit
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Is there evidence that their popularity is as algorithm-driven as this review suggests?
― jmm, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
someone somewhere is raking in cash for creating an algorithm that figured out that people like Led Zeppelin
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
okay i'll listen to these guys...first song "Age of Man" sounds a lot more like early Rush than Led Zep
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
there are some really Zeppy elements that make it difficult not to laugh at these songs
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link